Turntable fob



H. C. REED.

TURNTABLE FOR USE IN ROAD BUILDING. I APPLICATION FILED ]AN.29, 1920.RENEWED SEPT. 10, 1920. 1,365,953.

Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

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HASTIN [35 REED UNITED STATES HASTINGS C. REED, OF ALPHA, OHIO.

TURNTABLE FOR USE IN ROAD-BUILDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

Application filed January 29, 1920, Serial No. 355,011. RenewedSeptember 10, 1920. Serial No. 409,489.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, Hasrmos C. Reno, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residin at Alpha, in the county of Greene and btate of ()hio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Turntables for Usein Road-Builifling, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to road building}, and moreparticularly to turntables for use in turning loaded or unloaded wagons,trucks and the like within limited space in order to avoid the necessityof manipulation under their own power as well as the wear and tear upona roadbed or newly formed road surface, and my object is the provisionof a readily portable device of this nature which may be easily shiftedfrom place to place in the course of and during road building, as wellas one which may be easily knocked down for transportation in compactform between operations.

With these and certain other objects in eluding the provision of aturntablecapable of seating flatwise without undue strain upon a crownedor uneven supporting surface, my invention resides in the features to benow described with respect to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which,

Figure l is a top plan view of the device complete,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation,

Fig. 3 is a vertical section therethrough,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged top plan view of a portion thereof, certainsections of the platform being broken away,

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken substantially on line 5-5 of Fig. 4,

Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively a vertical section and a side elevationof one of the su porting feet, and,

ig. 8 1s a side view of one of the supporting skids.

Referring now to these figures my inven tion proposes a portableturntable including a ring in a plurality of segmental sections 10,these sections being detachably conneeted at their adjacent ends to formthe complete ring by a plurality of connecting members 11 and 12, theconnecting member 12 being disposed in spaced parallel relation atdiametrically opposite sides of the complete ring and having upperflanges 13, connected by bolts 14 and the like to the abutting ends ofadjacent ring sections, and having lower skids 15 whose opposite endsare upturned or upwardly curved as indicated ticular formation and theirspaced location 'cireumferentially of the complete ring as well as theirspaced location with respect to the connecting members 12 in the form ofskids, it is obvious that the turntable ring as a whole may be readilysupported upon a crowned on uneven roadway surface without the strainwhich is incident to the usual turntable ring whose lower edge directlyengages the ground in operative position.

The platform 20 of the turntable is formed by cross planks ove arectangular frame 21., whose greatest length is less than the innerdiameter of the complete ring so that the platform, or more particularlyits frame, is located entirely within the limits of the ring in everyposition thereof where it is pro erly engaged with the ring, thusavoiding any danger of overturning of the load, and at the same timeavoiding the necessity of a care ful centering of the load. ners theframe 2-1 of the platform has angular brackets 22 terminating inoutwardly projecting spindles 23, and upon these spin.- dles are mountedrollers 24 which engage the upper surface of the ring 10, the rollersbeing preferably of the grooved type in order to prevent the platformfrom sliding into displaced relation to the ring.

The inclined runway pieces 25 and 26 may be formed in any suitablemanner and in practice are placed at diametrically opposite sides of thering with their inclined upper surfaces extending from the ground levelto the level of the elevated platform 20, making it a simple matter torun a truck, wagon and the like, in loaded or unloaded condition uponthe turntable platform so that the vehicle can be readily turned uponits vertical axis without the time consuming manipulation of the vehiclein turning un- At its four corder its own power, and without scarring orotherwise destroying the roadbed or a newly formed roadway l-surface.

It is thus obvious that my invention provides a convenient portableapparatus of particular advantage in the building of roadways, and whichin its movement from time to time may be readily shifted upon the skids15, the runways 25 and 26 being simply lifted and carried to the newlocation and then replaced in proper relation to the turntable ring.

It is of course obvious that in the use of the device the ring will beso disposed as to bring its skids 15 into parallel relation with thecenter line of the roadway, and it is obvious that for convenience intransportation between operations, the platform as a whole may be liftedoii? of the ring and the latter disjointed and knocked down bydetachment oi its several sections through the removal of the connectingmembers.

I claim:

1. A portable turntable comprising a ring having spaced dependingsupports, and a platform located wholly within the ring, having a frameprovided with outwardly projecting supports carrying rollers in engagement with the ring.

2. A portable turntable comprising a ring having circumferentiallyspaced ground engaging supports arranged to hold the ring in elevatedrelation upon a supporting surface, and a platform located wholly withinthe ring, having an upper supporting surface, and a lower frame, angularbrackets connected to the frame at its corners and terminating inoutwardly projecting spindles, and rollers mounted on the spindles andengaging the ring as described.

3. A portable turntable comprising a sectional ring, means connectingthe sections of the ring and having depending portions forming groundengaging supports located at spaced points around the ring, and aplatform having roller mounted supports in engagement with the ring.

1 A portable turntable comprising a sectional ring, and a platformhaving roller mounted supports in engagement with the ring, said ringhaving ground engaging members detachably connecting its said sectionsto support the ring in elevated relation to the ground.

5. A portable turntable comprising a sectional ring, and a plat'lori'nhaving roller mounted supports in engagement with the ring, said ringhaving connecting membeis detachably uniting its said sections anddepending therebelow to term spaced ground engaging supports.

6. A portable turntable comprising a sectional ring, and a platformhaving roller mounted supports in engagement with the ring, said ringhaving connecting members detachably uniting its said sections anddepending therebelow to form spaced ground engaging supports, andcertain ol which ground engaging supports are in the form of skidslocated in spaced parallel relation at diametrically opposite sides ofthe ring. as described.

In testimony whereol l afii); my signature.

HASTINGS C. REED.

